Eric Rohmer, RIP

French writer/filmmaker Eric Rohmer, a member of the post-war New Wave cinematic movement, has died. He was 89.

Born Jean-Marie Maurice Schereer (his psyeudonym was a mash-up of actor/director Erich von Stroheim and writer Sax Rohmer’s names), Rohmer directed 24 films over a period of 50 years, including “My Night at Maud’s” (Ma Nuit Chez Maud), which earned Oscar nominations for best foreign-language film and best screenplay, “Claire’s Knee” (“Le Genou de Claire”) and “Chloe in the Afternoon” (L’Amour l’apres-midi”), which was remade as the comedy “I Think I Love My Wife” by Chris Rock in 2007.

Prior to directing, Rohmer served as the editor in chief of the Cahiers du Cinema from 1956 to 1963.

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